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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California) is a two-time American Olympic swimmer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A style is known as a stroke or "crawl" "Stroke" can also refer to a single completion of the sequence of body movements repeated while swimming in the given style Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The butterfly, ( fly for short is a swimming stroke swum on the breast with both arms moving simultaneously Indiana University's athletic teams are called the Hoosiers and their colors are cream and crimson though red and white have been used at times in the past Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Modesto is the County seat of Stanislaus County in the US state of California. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 29 events in Swimming were contested The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was The 1972 Olympics were held in Munich Germany. Perhaps the most spectacular athletic events were in Swimming. The Pan American Games are a Multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of The Americas. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. The Maccabiah Games ( מַכַּבִּיָּה) is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics. Twenty-five nations send 1200 athletes to compete in 21 sports at the 1965 7th Maccabiah Games. Twenty-five nations send 1200 athletes to compete in 21 sports at the 1965 7th Maccabiah Games. Twenty-five nations send 1200 athletes to compete in 21 sports at the 1965 7th Maccabiah Games. Twenty-five nations send 1200 athletes to compete in 21 sports at the 1965 7th Maccabiah Games. At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports At the 8th Maccabiah Games in 1969, 1500 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Modesto is the County seat of Stanislaus County in the US state of California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance
He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He remains (as of 2008) the only Olympic athlete to both win a gold medal in every (individual) event he entered in a given year, and to set a new world record in each such event.
Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U. S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U. S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. During those years, he set 33 world records. [1]
His participation in the Munich games, swimming with a mustache, gained him a bit of notoriety as most competitors opt to swim without facial hair, often shaving their bodies completely. [1]
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Swimming career
When he was two years old, his family moved to Hawaii, where he learned to swim. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the At age six his family returned to Sacramento, California, and he began to compete at his local swim club. At age nine, he was training at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with Sherm Chavoor, the swimming coach who mentored Spitz and six other Olympic medal winners. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
Spitz continued to show his tremendous talents by the early age of 10, holding 17 national age-group and one world record (it is said that Michael Phelps was the youngest to break a world record. "Phelps broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly to become, at 15 years and 9 months, the youngest man ever to set a swimming world record. ") At 14, the family moved to Santa Clara so Spitz could train with George Haines of the Santa Clara Swim Club. Santa Clara California (ˌsæntəˈklærə founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852 is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U At 16, he won the 100 meter butterfly at the National AAU Championships, the first of his 24 AAU titles. The butterfly, ( fly for short is a swimming stroke swum on the breast with both arms moving simultaneously Official NameAmateur Athletic Union of the United States Incorporated (AAU
Disappointed in his 1968 Olympic performance, Spitz entered Indiana University to train with legendary coach Doc Counsilman, who was also his coach in Mexico City. The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. James Edward "Doc" Counsilman (born December 28, 1920 in Birmingham Alabama &ndash died January 4, 2004 in Bloomington Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico At Indiana from 1968-72, he was a pre-dental student and member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ Phi Psi is a US national college fraternity. While at IU, Spitz won 8 individual NCAA titles. In 1971, he won the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. The AAU James E Sullivan Award, known as the Oscar of sports awards is presented annually by the United States Amateur Athletic Union to the most outstanding amateur Spitz also set a number of world records during the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials held in Chicago's Portage Park in 1972. The United States Olympic Trials in swimming are held before every Summer Olympics to select the participators for the United States swimming team Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Portage Park is a 36 acre park in the Portage Park community area of Chicago Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971 and 1972.
He was nicknamed by his team mates, "Mark the Shark!"
Pan American Games
In 1967, he established a record, winning five gold medals at the V Pan American Games in Winnipeg. The 5th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Forty years later his record was surpassed by Brazilian swimmer Thiago Pereira at the XV Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he won six gold medals. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira (born January 26, 1986 in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro) is a Swimmer from Brazil, who The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, is a major International Multi-sport event which was celebrated Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
Olympics
Holder of 10 world records already, Spitz predicted brashly he would win 6 golds at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Mexico City Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico However, he won only two team golds: the 4 x 100 meter freestyle, and the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relays. Freestyle is an unregulated Swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. In addition, Spitz finished 2nd in the 100 m butterfly. The butterfly, ( fly for short is a swimming stroke swum on the breast with both arms moving simultaneously In this event he was beaten by fellow American Doug Russell by 1/2 a second despite holding the world record and having beaten Russell in the previous 10 times they had swum against each other in that year. Douglas Albert Russell (born February 20, 1946) is an Olympic Champion butterfly Swimmer from the United States, who won the [2] Russell did briefly match Spitz's world record in late August of 1967, holding the world record equally with Spitz for 5 days before Spitz regained it solely on October 2 1967. As a result of being beaten by Russell, Spitz did not get to swim in the 100m Medley Relay which gave Russell his second Gold medal and the USA team another World Record swim . At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 29 events in Swimming were contested He also finished 3rd in the 100 m freestyle at the same games. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (West Germany), Spitz was back to maintain his bid for the 6 gold medals. The 1972 Olympics were held in Munich Germany. Perhaps the most spectacular athletic events were in Swimming. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( He did even more, winning 7 Olympic gold medals, a feat still unequaled by any other athlete in a single Olympiad. Further, Spitz set a new world record in each of the 7 events (the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley). Medley is a combination of four different Swimming styles into one race
Spitz's accomplishments at Munich were overshadowed by the Palestinian terrorism attack, known as the Munich Massacre, that claimed the lives of 11 Israeli athletes (Spitz had previously spent time in Israel competing in the Maccabiah Games). Palestinian political violence or Palestinian terrorism refers to acts of violence committed for political reasons by Palestinians Palestinian groups that support The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken The Maccabiah Games ( מַכַּבִּיָּה) is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics. In the immediate aftermath Spitz, who is Jewish, left Munich. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The hostage crisis had affected Spitz personally, as he had been a guest in the home of Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg (the first victim of the massacre) while visiting Israel, and had been friendly with many of the athletes and officials who had been killed. Moshe Weinberg (sometimes Weinberger) (1939 - September 5, 1972) was the coach of the Israeli international Wrestling team as well
Maccabiah Games
The 1965 Maccabiah Games was his first international competition. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Maccabiah Games ( מַכַּבִּיָּה) is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics. At the age of 15, in Tel Aviv Spitz won four gold medals and was named the most outstanding athlete. [3]
He returned to Israel in 1969, following the Mexico Olympics, to again compete in the Maccabiah. This time he won six gold medals. [4] He was also named outstanding athlete of the Games. [5]
In 1985 Spitz opened the games, lighting a torch along with three children of Israeli Olympians murdered at the Munich Olympics. [6]
In 2005, he was chosen to be the flag bearer for the U. S. delegation to the 17th Maccabiah Games. [7]
Retirement and attempted comeback
Still only aged 22, Spitz retired from swimming after the Munich Games. His management tried to get him into show business while his name was still hot. In 1973-4, Spitz appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and TV series such as The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour and Emergency! as paramedic Pete Barlow. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the ''Tonight Show'' franchise from 1962 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is a Variety show that ran on CBS in the United States from August 1971 until May 1974 Emergency! is a Medical drama Television series that was produced by Mark VII Limited ( Jack Webb 's company and distributed by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences considered hiring him as an Oscars host (despite the fact he hadn't made any films), and there was even talk Spitz might become the next James Bond (the role went to Roger Moore instead). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization ostensibly dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of Motion "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English Actor. But Spitz was clearly uncomfortable on camera, and he quickly ended his foray into show business.
Then, at age 41, Spitz attempted to make a comeback in an attempt to qualify for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, after film maker Bud Greenspan offered to pay him a million dollars if he succeeded in qualifying. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Bud Greenspan (born September 18 1926) is an eight-time Emmy Award -winning Film director, Writer, and producer, mostly Filmed by Greenspan's cameras, Spitz failed to beat the qualifying limit, despite the fact his times were nearly as good as (and in some cases better than) his medal-winning times 20 years earlier. . But the sport had moved on during the intervening years and Spitz was well out of it.
In 2006 he received critical praise for his narration of Freedom's Fury, a Hungarian documentary about the country's Olympic water polo team during the Revolution of 1956. Water polo is a team water sport A team consists of six field players and one Goalkeeper. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ( Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom) was a spontaneous nationwide Revolt against the Stalinist government of The film was executive produced by Quentin Tarantino and Lucy Liu, and made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. The TriBeCa Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro in a response to the September 11 2001 attacks on the World Trade
November 8, 2007 Amanda Beard made her first-ever appearance in a television commercial. Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29 1981 in Newport Beach California) is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America Along with Beard and her own seven medals, the commercial features a cameo appearance by Spitz, winner of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Miscellaneous
Spitz and his wife, Suzy (née Weiner), both Jewish, have been married since 1973, and have two sons, Matthew (b. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 1981) and Justin (b. 1991).
Chemist E. H. Bronner maintained that Spitz was a prophet. Emanuel H Bronner ( February 1, 1908 – March 7, 1997) was the eccentric maker of Dr He is mentioned in Bronner's fifth MORAL ABC which appears on each bottle of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.
Whatever unites mankind is better than whatever divides us! Yet, if absolute-unselfish I am not for me, I'm nothing but classless raceless, starving masses, never free nor brave! Only if constructive-selfish I work hard perfecting first me, like Mark Spitz - Arctic owls - penguin - pilot - cat - swallow - beaver, bee can I teach the MORAL ABC's ALL-ONE-GOD-FAITH, that lightning-like unites the Human race! For we're ALL-ONE OR NONE! ALL-ONE! 'listen children eternal father eternally one!' EXCEPTIONS ETERNALLY? ABSOLUTE NONE![8]
Spitz has sued Dr. Bronner's over this reference. [9]
In 1999, Spitz ranked #33 on ESPN SportsCentury 50 Greatest Athletes, the only aquatic athlete to make the list. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of swimmers
- Athletics at Indiana University
- Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
- Aleksandr Dityatin
- Michael Phelps
References
- ^ International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- ^ International Olympic Committee - Athletes
- ^ Mark Spitz Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Mark Spitz - "Swimming Isn't Everything"
- ^ Great Jewish Men By Elinor Slater, Robert Slater
- ^ Maccabiah Games Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ United States Olympic Committy; Spitz, Mark
- ^ Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps
- ^ http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0528_mark_spitz_wm.pdf
External links
- Official Website
- Spitz U.S. Olympic Team bio
- Mark Spitz ESPN Classic biography
- Mark Spitz at the Internet Movie Database
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| NAME | Spitz, Mark Andrew |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Modesto, California, United States |
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